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Table 5 Multivariate predictors of symptom improvement

From: Fractionated stereotactic radiation therapy improves cranial neuropathies in patients with skull base meningiomas: a retrospective cohort study

Predictor (Multivariate)

Odds ratio

95% CI

p-value

Age (per 10 years older)

0.78

0.62 – 0.98

0.03

Prior Surgery*

0.47

0.25 – 0.86

0.01

Re-irradiation

0.40

0.11 – 1.40

0.15

Midline/Bilateral location

0.53

0.25 – 1.11

0.09

  1. Symptom improvement defined as improvement of at least one symptom compared to prior to radiation therapy. Multivariate model based on backwards stepwise logistic regression.
  2. *Patients who either received adjuvant radiation or salvage radiation after prior surgery alone.
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Radiation Oncology

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